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Northwest Africa 2753
Basic information Name: Northwest Africa 2753
     This is an OFFICIAL meteorite name.
Abbreviation: NWA 2753
Observed fall: No
Year found: 2005
Country: Morocco
Mass:help 410 g
Classification
  history:
Meteoritical Bulletin:  MB 96  (2009)  Diogenite
Recommended:  Diogenite    [explanation]

This is 1 of 522 approved meteorites classified as Diogenite.   [show all]
Search for other: Achondrites, Diogenites, and HED achondrites
Comments: Approved 11 Apr 2009
Data from:
  MB96
  Table 2
  Line 2:
State/Prov/County:Morocco
Date:2005
Mass (g):410
Pieces:1
Class:Diogenite
Ferrosilite (mol%):23.6-24.4
Wollastonite (mol%):0.7-1.3
Classifier:A. Irving, Harper, UWS
Type spec mass (g):22
Type spec location:UWS
Main mass:Morgan
Institutions
   and collections		 UWS: University of Washington, Department of Earth and Space Sciences, 70 Johnson Hall, Seattle, WA 98195, United States (institutional address; updated 15 Jan 2012)
Harper: Planetary Studies Foundation,10 Winterwood Lane, Unit B, Galena, Illinois 61036-9283, United States; Website (institutional address; updated 1 Dec 2011)
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References: Published in Meteoritical Bulletin, no. 96, MAPS 44, 1355-1397 (2009)
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Geography:

Morocco
Coordinates:Unknown.

Statistics:
     This is 1 of 2082 approved meteorites from Morocco (plus 31 unapproved names) (plus 1 impact crater)
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